Activist Carlos Chaverst Jr. Banned From Galleria For One Year

HOOVER, AL - Despite the Birmingham Justice League coming to some form of agreement with city officials in Hoover regarding protests surrounding the death of EJ Bradford, activist Carlos Chaverst Jr. has continued with protests and has now been banned from entering the Riverchase Galleria for a year.

Sunday night, Galleria security issued a trespassing warning against Chaverst and two other protesters. A report by Alabama Media Group said he was not arrested but is subject to arrest if he returns to the property before Dec. 15, 2019. Authorities said mall management prepared trespass paperwork against Chaverst following a Saturday, Dec. 15, protest at the Galleria and served the paperwork on him when he returned Sunday night.

Chaverst has been one of the focal points of the protests that have occurred almost nightly in Hoover throughout December. Since Bradford's death Thanksgiving night, multiple protests have been held in Hoover - including the Galleria, outside Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato's home, Sam's Club, Walmart, Buffalo Wild Wings and on Interstate 459, where protests briefly shut down traffic at the Interstate 65 interchange. Last Thursday night, a group of about 60 took their protest to Ross Bridge and later the YMCA on Highway 150 at South Shades Crest Road.

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Chaverst was arrested when he and a group of approximately 30 others showed up to demonstrate at the Hoover Public Safety Center. Then two nights later, Hoover PD again arrested Chaverst - this time in a Ross Bridge subdivision. He was charged with disorderly conduct for using a bullhorn in a subdivision, according to Alabama Media Group.

Bradford and his friend Brian Wilson were involved in an altercation at the Riverchase Galleria Thanksgiving night, and the altercation led to shots being fired. When a Hoover police officer arrived at the scene, he reportedly shot Bradford, who was holding a gun. Initial reports said Bradford was the shooter, but that was determined through the investigation to be false.

The suspect in the shooting, 20-year-old Erron Brown, was captured in Georgia by U.S. Marshals. Charles Salvagio, who is representing Brown, filed a routine discovery motion along with a special request for all video evidence. Salvagio maintains that Brown is innocent.

Photo via Hoover Jail